Saxton Hill
Saxton Hill is a peak in Nelson, Nelson Bays and has an elevation of 308 metres. Saxton Hill is situated nearby to the town Richmond, as well as near the suburb Stoke.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saxton Oval and Garin College.
Saxton Oval
Pitch
Photo: Nelsonpubliclibraries, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saxton Oval, also known as Saxton Field, is a cricket ground in Saxton, Stoke, Nelson Region, New Zealand. Saxton Oval was one of the venues for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. It hosted three matches during the tournament.
Garin College
School
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Garin College is a New Zealand Catholic, integrated, co-educational day and boarding secondary school in Nelson on the northern outskirts of Richmond. The college opened on 28 January 2002 to serve the Catholic community, particularly in the upper South Island.
Waimea College
School
Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waimea College is a co-educational secondary school in Richmond, Tasman District, New Zealand. Opened in 1957, the college has over 1500 students, and is the largest school in the top of the South Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Richmond and Stoke.
Richmond
Town
Nelson is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island. It is in a region often known as Nelson Bays or the "Top of the South" and is actually slightly north of the capital city of Wellington in the North Island.
Stoke
Suburb
Stoke is a suburb of Nelson in New Zealand, located between Richmond and Tāhunanui. Stoke was named by William Songer, the personal servant of Arthur Wakefield, after his birthplace Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk.
Appleby
Quarter
Photo: Enigma28, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Appleby is a locality in the Tasman district in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located around the Waimea River near the Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere.
Saxton Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 308 metres
- Description: hill in New Zealand
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Nelson, Nelson Bays, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.36049° or 41° 21′ 38″ southLongitude
173.22539° or 173° 13′ 31″ eastElevation
308 metres (1,010 feet)Open location code
4VCMJ6QG+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 3310867568OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Saxton Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Saxton Hill”
- Dutch: “Saxton Hill”
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Highlights include Old Richmond Reservoir and Penny Lane Walkway.
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